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Bomb-like device at Pune hospital: Suspect nabbed at Nagpur railway junction, probe on

The Indian Express·Chandan Haygunde·18 days ago
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The bomb-like device found inside Ushakiran Superspecialty Hospital had a count-up timer and was spotted by a woman staffer around 7 pm on Wednesday. Two days after a bomb-like device was found inside a super specialty hospital in Pune, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday caught a suspect from Nagpur in connection with the case. A senior ATS officer confirmed that the suspect, identified as Shivaji Rathod, was detained at Nagpur railway junction. Further investigation is on, and there is a possibility that more people are involved, the officer added. A bomb-like object with a timer and “low-grade explosive” was found inside the men’s washroom on the first floor of the Ushakiran Superspecialty Hospital in Hadapsar on Wednesday evening. According to Dr Vilas Gaikwad, the hospital owner, a woman staffer spotted the object around 7 pm. Dr Gaikwad said that he placed the suspicious object in a box, then kept it in an open space outside the hospital, and informed the police within minutes.…

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